A few days had passed since the group had left Etoile behind.

They weren't going to Green point at full speed, as they wanted some time to prepare for their arrival. Hawk was inspecting the ship for maintenance when he passed the bedrooms and he saw Eto sitting on the side of his bed.

It occurred to him that Eto had not been the youthful boy he always was but instead he seemed distracted and distant from the group for the past few days.

‘Eto, you’re alright?’ he asked after he knocked on the side of the door to let him know he was there.

Eto didn’t look his way but he slowly nodded, letting Hawk know he heard him.

Hawk walked in and sat on his bed that stood across Eto, looking at his distracted face.

‘You’re not alright,’ Hawk said and it took a while for Eto to let off a huge sigh and slowly to nod again.

‘What’s wrong?’ he asked and for the first time, Eto looked at him in his eyes.

‘I’m just worried,’ he said, troubled and Hawk asked if it was because of his grandpa or Green point but Eto shook his head.

‘No that’s not it,’ he said.

‘Then what is it?’

Eto looked distracted again but he quickly looked back at Hawk.

‘I don’t know. I was always confident that I was strong enough to protect everyone around me but the last battle was harder than I imagined. I only won because something happened to me.’

Eto pulled up his arms and looked at them.

‘I’m not even sure what is wrong with me and I’m afraid that if I don’t learn to control it, I’m not able to protect you guys from danger.’

He quickly looked up to Hawk and his face seemed worried.

‘Or from myself?’ he said with a bit of fear in his eyes while he was looking for answers.

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Hawk felt pity and he moved to Eto’s bed, sitting next to him.

Even though his metal arm was heavy, he placed it comfortably around Eto’s shoulder.

‘Listen to me. There is nothing wrong with you. In my case, you are one of the best people in the galaxy. You just have to figure out how to handle it. I bet when we get to Green point, you will be able to get an explanation of what is happening with you.’

‘You really think so?’ Eto asked and he slowly looked at Hawk.

Hawk looked in front of him, hiding his face a little bit from Eto.

Eto couldn't see it but Hawk also had a worried face now when he slowly said ‘sure,’.

Eto started to feel a little better. For the past days he had only been thinking how to handle the power that was inside of him. He didn’t know how to control it or where it came from and it made him worry for the safety of his friends.

They stayed quiet for a while until Djon’s voice could be heard over the speakers. He requested everyone to come to the cockpit.

Eto and Hawk stood up and Hawk quickly held him tight, letting Eto know he wasn’t alone in this situation.

‘It’s gonna be okay,’ he whispered in Eto’s ear before he let him go and left the room.

When Hawk and later Eto arrived at the cockpit, Veronica was standing next to the door and when she saw Eto, she grabbed his arm. Hawk walked towards Djon, leaving the two of them behind.

‘You alright?’ Veronica asked, letting Eto know she was also worried about him for the past few days.

‘Yeah, I’m fine. Thanks. I was just worried about you guys,’ he said while scratching the back of his head and Veronica quickly hugged him.

‘You two lovebirds done?’ Djon asked and as quickly as he said it, Veronica pushed Eto away and yelled at Djon.

It was that moment that made Eto realize that his friends were gonna be fine and he also thought of how lucky he was to have them by his side.

‘I just looked at the coordinates and if we are ready, we can make the jump to Green point,’ Djon slowly said as he looked back from the monitors.

He looked at everyone but the rest was looking at Eto, who stared through the glass into space.

It took him a few seconds to show them the bright smile they were used to from him and he nodded.

‘I’m ready. I want to see my grandpa,’ Eto said and the rest nodded that they agreed.

TYO jumped on the dashboard and started to push some buttons.

‘He helped me a lot with the ship's general control,’ Djon said with some admiration and he slowly petted TYO who was still working.

‘Destination is marked as unknown space,’ TYO said with his robotic voice. ‘Destination marked as Green point by Djon,’ Djon said loudly.

‘Ready to engage.’

They all sat down and prepared for the hyper jump.

The space outside started to turn as the ship prepared itself and soon jumped into space with full speed.

It was making its way to Green point.